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'The Blue Lagoon': Where Is Brooke Shields Today?

Being a child star isn't always easy, something that the gorgeous Brooke Shields had to learn early on. The star of The Blue Lagoon has achieved what many dream of however, she has both a fantastic career and a happy family life and has always remained true to herself.

Brooke Shields (56) found fame playing "Emmeline Lestrange" in The Blue Lagoon when she was just fourteen years old. Brooke is still a success story today and is often seen bringing some extra glamour to various red carpet events!

Brooke Shields: From child star to power woman

Brooke Shields's acting career began when she was just eleven months old, when she appeared in a TV advert. She worked as a child model and devoted all her spare time to acting. The twelve-year-old Brooke had her big breakthrough playing the young prostitute "Violet" in Pretty Baby, before being cast as the lead in the film drama The Blue Lagoon at the age of fourteen.

For Brooke Shields, The Blue Lagoon was a curse and a blessing at the same time. While she captured the hearts of viewers everywhere, film critics were not as easily captivated by her performance and she was even awarded a Golden Raspberry.

Later on in her career, she appeared in countless films and series such as Law & Order and Two And A Half Men. Her greatest success was probably the series Suddenly Susan, in which Brooke took on both the starring role as well as acting as the series' producer. Brooke Shields was even nominated for a Golden Globe for Suddenly Susan.

Brooke Shields Today

Brooke Shields last appeared on the silver screen in 2014 in the movie The Hot Flashes. Nonetheless, Brooke is still very much in demand as a TV actress. Shields starred in the 2016 drama series When Calls The Heart and in Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special on Netflix. Brooke most recently appeared in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Jane the Virgin. You can catch Brooke in the 2020 film Las Pildoras De Mi Novio and the series 9-1-1 (2020).

Brooke Shields' Personal Life

Brooke was married to Andre Agassi from 1997 to 1999. Since 2001 she has been married to screenwriter Chris Henchy. Together they have two children, Rowan Francis born in May 2003 and Grier Hammond born in 2006. Brooke is very active on social media and shared a stunning picture of her in a neon bikini, proving that she is still rocking a killer figure! You go girl!